Educational device



y R. 1. LEwERs.

EDUCATIONAL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29] 1919.

1,.356,929. Patented 00u 26,1920.'

` To all cham t may concern:

specification.

UNITED STATES PATENT "o1-Ficaf Borsari. miwnas, oF New Yoax. u. Y.

EDUCATIONAL nevica.

Be it knownthat I, Roem J. Lnwniis, a citizen of the nitedStates, residing at NewYork, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Educational Devices, of which the following is a This invention relates to improvements in amusement devices for children and has for its object to'provide an educational device so arranged as to instruct a child to read the time from a clock in both Roman and Arabic figures.

With the above and such other objects as may hereinafter more fully appear I have invented the device illustrated vin the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device.

Fig. 2 is a'section on line 2 2, Fig. l.

Fig. 3. 4is a detail plan view of a block used in the device.

Fig. 4 is aside elevation thereofyand Fig. 5 is a reverse plan view of another block.

Like reference' characters indicate like parts throughout thefollowing specification and in the several views in the drawings in ywhich- 1 indicates a box, 2 a false bottom thereln,

- '3 the bottom of the box and B'Ythe cover thereof. The member 2 is provided with .a series of annularly disposed openin 6 to receive the cylindrical blocks 5, which are of a depth to seat on the bottom of the box and project above the .surface of the member 2 in order that they may be readily removed from said openings 6. These blocks are numbered to 12, and `have the Arabic characters 15, 1v to 12' providedA on one surface andthe Roman characters 16 1 to 12 rovided on the reverse surface thereof. ters, however, of each block are interchangeable, so that the same number will not appear on each block.v The face of the mem-:

` 12 is a support forthe center of the false bottom 2, and is provided with a reduced upper end 11,- which projects through an Aopening in said .member 2. .`Moj1nted on the Specication et Letters Patent.

.can use this device as a game. When the simulate a clocks face.' t will be noted that-the charac- .Patented oec. 26, 1920.

Application n lecl December as,v 1919. I Serial 10.347,9.

i "post l1 b means Vof a pin 10 is a .pair of in- 5i; ligr, han s 13 and 14 which are freely revo- The purpose of the device is for a child to assort the blocks 5 and properly place' them 1n openings 6 to represent a correct of a clock dial. After this is done in Arabic characters the next. step is toV arra the blocks in properorder with their l1lman faces uppermost. After the child has learned these characters correctly and their 35A correct position relative to the clock fce,

he next spins the hands with the purpose of learning the time indicated by the hands when they become at rest. Several children first child makes an error \the next one proceeds with the game untilhe makes an error, etc. By means of this simple device Y children may quickly and readil learn to tell time, while at the same time t ey amuse themselves, thus, the study of the clocks face will' not becom'e irksome or appear .in the form of a task.

The box and bottom 2 ma be formed of box or aper board and the locks of wood,

. very small cost. It may also be made more 'ex nsive` if desired.

aving nowdescribed my invention that which I claim to be new and desire to secure. by Letters Patent is- I 1. .A combined educational and amusement device consisting of a box having afalse bottom with a series 'of twelve radially arranged holes, 4and a series of twelve., blocks adapted to be seated' in said holes to 2. A combined educational and amuse-V ment. device consisting of a box having a Afalse bottom with a series of twelve radially arranged holes to simulate aclocks face and ed in said holes, said blocks projecting above the surface of said false bottom..

3. combined educational and ".15 ment j deviee consisting ofa box havin'ga--I'ifalse' with a series of twelve radially Y Y arranged holes, a series of twelve blocks .adapted'to in sadlhols to simu- V figure coV while t e characters vmay be stamped dif rectly on the surfaces of said members, or.

16e aseries oftwelve blocks adapted to be seatf ing therein and indice handsk pivotally mounted upon said reduced portion.

4. A combined educational and amusement device consisting of a box having a false bottom with a series of twelve radially arranged holes, a series of twelve blocks adapted to be seated in said holes to simulate a clocks face, said blocks projecting above the surface of said false bottom, a central support for said false bottom having a reduced portion projecting through an opening therein and indice hands pivotally mounted upon said reduced portion, said blocks having Roman characters from l to 'l2 pivoted, one to each block successively on j one surface thereof.

5. A combined educational and amusement device consisting of a box havlng a :staccoY false bottom with a series of-twelve radially arranged holes, a series of twelve blocks adapted to be seated in said holes to simulate a clocks face, said blocks projecting above the surface of said false bottom, a central support for said false bottoni having a reduced portion projecting through an opening therein and indice hands pivotally mounted upon said reduced portion, said blocks having Roman characters from 1 to 12 pivoted, one to each block successively on one surface thereof, the other surfaces of said blocks having the Arabic characters from lto 12 similarly arranged thereon.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. LEWERS.

' Witnesses:

ANTON LABmoLA, HARRY ENGELTER. 

